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Fantasy weaving: 6 steps to successful retailing
Harry J. Friedman RetailMost people in business have great ideas for improving other people's businesses. I actually get paid to tell people that there are better ways of increasing productivity at their stores than what they're currently doing.
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4 simple questions to ask in each selling situation
Marc Wayshak MarketingOver 500,000 startups are born each year in the United States alone. Impressed by that number? Don't be — because 50 percent of those startups fail within their first year. And, within the next four years, another 50 percent or more will fail.
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Minimum wage: The time is now to increase workers’ pay
Danielle Manley Civil & GovernmentMinimum-wage employees make $7.25 per hour. Is this enough to live on? Is this enough to support a small family? President Barack Obama believes the federal minimum wage should be increased to $10.10 per hour to help supplement the obvious difference between minimum wage and the cost of living. But not everyone supports this increase.
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NLRB: You can’t require employees to be positive or professional
Steve Cape Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementEmployers have long operated on the idea that when an employee uses the company email, it will only be for business purposes. That may be coming to an end if the National Labor Relations Board has its way.
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Natural and organic foods: Profit vs. performance
Bambi Majumdar Food & BeverageThere's a war out there, but this one is all about feeding people right instead of killing. As more people are dropping foods based on genetically modified organisms from their diets, sales figures for products marked with eco-friendly labels like "organic" and "natural" are rising.
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3 myths when negotiating commercial leases and renewals
Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield RetailWhether you are leasing space in a strip plaza, office building, shopping mall or industrial warehouse and whether you're a retailer, franchisee, chain store or healthcare professional, you eventually have to face a lease-renewal negotiation with the landlord.
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Seasonal allergies: Cough up the dough
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareSpring has sprung, and that means so have seasonal allergies for many folks. An inappropriate immune response to a harmless substance, seasonal allergies generally create quality-of-life concerns without creating major illness.
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TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer offers 3 key tips for entrepreneurs
Marc Wayshak Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAs I sit across the table from Stephen Kaufer, I sense a mind that moves at light speed. Beneath his calm demeanor, it's clear that the TripAdvisor CEO is constantly planning ahead. And it's not hard to see why.
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What does the future have in store for Chinese tech giant Alibaba?
Ross Lancaster RetailThe tech world's most anticipated initial public offering of 2014 on the New York Stock Exchange isn't from a company that calls Silicon Valley home, nor does it hail from a firm run by a former Google, Apple or Amazon executive. No, it comes via an English teacher from China who was just trying to search for beer when he first logged on to the Internet nearly two decades ago.
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How to get your staff in the game
Harry J. Friedman RetailPart of running a business involves utilizing and developing skills to get everyone to play the same game, to work toward the same goals and objectives. But what's the likelihood that all your employees are playing the same game you are?
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